The newly approved Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO) pain management standards present an important opportunity for widespread and …

Background: Opioid abuse has increased at an alarming rate. However, available evidence
suggests a wide variance in the use of opioids, as documented by different medical …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of analgesics used, their prescribing patterns, and
associations with particular diagnoses and medications in patients with persistent pain …

This study examined the impact of pain on self-rated health status in the community-dwelling
older adults using the 1993 public release data of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among …

Objective To present an overview of the epidemiology and pathophysiology of cancer pain
related to disease and treatment. Data Sources Published manuscripts, Web sites, and …

The pain and aging subfield has grown dramatically, including a 6-fold increase in
publications over the last 2 decades. This subfield is based on the assumption that pain in …

Purpose Despite widespread popular use of complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM) therapies, a rigorous evidence base about their efficacy for cancer-related pain is …

Racial and ethnic minorities often receive lower-quality health care than white patients, even
when socioeconomic status, education, access, and other factors are used as controls. To …

Background Despite the fact that cancer disproportionately affects the elderly, most
participants of clinical cancer trials are relatively young. This misrepresentation greatly …

The prevalence of pain increases with each decade of life. Pain in the elderly is distinctly
different from pain experienced by younger individuals. Cancer is a leading cause of pain; …